thatch@us.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Here is 6.6:
>
> Allow the user to control selection highlighting (e.g., foreground
> and background color).
>
> Sure that is a nifty idea. It is also another setting, which is complexity.
> But, since selection is usually reverse video, my question is, has that
> ever been done before?
Sure, I can do it in Netscape Navigator (4.x) in Linux. In my
"app-defaults" file for Navigator, I say:
*selectForeground*selectForeground: #000000
*selectBackground: #D15FEE
This gives me a purplish selection background color that works for
both gray and white backgrounds. In fact, that's why I changed
the colors for myself from the defaults: the default selection
color does not render well against white on my laptop's LCD screen.
> Has this checkpoint been given adequate thought?
There are other ways that the user may control
focus highlighting by using CSS2 dynamic outlines [1].
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/ui.html#q5
> If it has never been done before, if no one has seen selectable
> selection colors, then I think this is an example of a priority one
> checkpoint that belongs in the priority three bucket, at best.
In my particular case, since highlighting is done by
color, I need to ensure adequate color contrast to meet
my needs. If highlight were done using another technique,
I might not need as much control.
_ Ian
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